In the News: New Fitness Studio

••• “A man was killed when a 1 train ran him over in Tribeca’s Franklin Street station ahead of Friday morning’s rush-hour commute, the NYPD said. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was lying on the tracks when the train ran over him about 5:40 a.m.” —DNAinfo

••• “A man plunged to his death from an office building across from City Hall in an apparent suicide Friday morning.” It was 225 Broadway. —DNAinfo

••• W magazine profiles Tribeca resident Vanessa Traina Snow, “the ultimate fashion insider, consulting for fab friends like Balenciaga’s Alexander Wang (they went to the same high school) and Joseph Altuzarra, whom she met while interning at French Vogue. Her modern aesthetic also keeps her in demand as a stylist and recently catapulted her into a whole new arena: retail.” The photo at right is excellent.

••• The Old New York Page on Facebook has a pic of Duane and Greenwich from 1932.

••• According to the Tribeca Trib‘s police blotter, people carry a lot of cash and then get a bit careless.

••• The Soho shop Kiosk is moving to an undisclosed location—its building (95 Spring) is being torn down—and consequently it’s having a sale. I wrote an essay for Travel + Leisure once that involved Kiosk. I love that store! —New York Times

••• The new building at 50 West will have around 200 units instead of around 200 units, as previously indicated, because rich people. —Downtown Express

••• “Former Gotham Gym trainer Stephen Cheuk just opened his own space, S10 Training, in Tribeca.” It’s at 87 Walker, between Cortlandt Alley and Lafayette. “And the chic, high-design downtown workout destination is drawing both Soho fashion execs and endurance athletes.” —Well + Good

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